by Barbara Rich | Aug 1, 2017 | Analysis, Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
This post was originally posted on the morning of 1 August 2017 as a chronological update of developments in the case since we posted our last update on 18 July. In the light of a comment in response, we thought it would be helpful to extend it to cover the whole of...
by reporting watch team | Aug 1, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Trends
The Guardian reports there have been : Ten cases like Charlie Gard’s heard in English courts this year saying that “figures emerge as debate grows over merits of legal secrecy and high-profile public campaigns”. The Guardian says that the figures...
by reporting watch team | Jul 30, 2017 | Cases, Court of Protection, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
The Independent Press Standards Organisation have recently published the “Resolution Statement” in respect of our complaint about an article by The Telegraph’s Christopher Booker regarding Court of Protection proceedings concerning the now deceased...
by Polly Morgan | Jul 20, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
The Family Court Reporting Watch has turned up the following – and we’ve been asked on twitter to explain this story too. The Mail Online reports ‘Abuse victim who was handed £175,000 compensation is ordered to give his ex-wife £100,000 of it as part of his divorce...
by reporting watch team | Jul 18, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Notorious
We’ve written about Charlie’s case before. This is an update, focusing mainly on recent developments, and recent press coverage and social media comment on the case, much of which has been misleading or poorly informed. The current situation There was a...
by Polly Morgan | Jul 12, 2017 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch
Today’s Supreme Court decision in Walker v Innospec is a decision that will make a huge difference to married or civilly partnered gay and lesbian couples as they get older. It stops pension schemes from paying the surviving spouse of same-sex married or civilly...
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